''The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work'' is a biography of the mythologist

Joseph Campbell Joseph John Campbell (March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987) was an American writer. He was a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of t ...

(1904–1987). In the form of a series of conversations, the book was drawn from the film, ''The Hero's Journey: A Biographical Portrait''. This book was originally published by

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in 1990. A second edition was published in 1999 by Element Books—which closed within weeks of the book's rerelease, leaving it out of print again until another new edition was published by

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in 2003 in anticipation of the centennial of Campbell's birth. This edition was the seventh title in the Joseph Campbell Foundation's Collected Works of Joseph Campbell series.

Critical reception

Publishers Weekly said that readers of Campbell's previous works would enjoy ''The Hero's Journey'' while Library Journal said the book built upon previous known information about Campbell.

References

External links

''The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work''
at the Joseph Campbell Foundation Bookstore.
''The Hero's Journey''
at New World Library's website. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hero's Journey, The (book) Comparative mythology 1990 non-fiction books American biographies HarperCollins books Joseph Campbell